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A place in 25 cities in Pakistan shows that nearly 11% of citizens have developed protective immunity against coronavirus.
The “National Seroprevalence Study” was presented in July this year through the Academy of Health Services in collaboration with several partners, adding Aga Khan University, and with technicians from the World Health Organization (WHO).
It is part of the WHO unity review conducted simultaneously in 25 other countries, one official said.
Seroprevalence studies are conducted to assess the percentage of the population that has developed immunity (antibodies) opposite the virus.
“The prestige of HIV is higher in urban spaces than in rural ones; similarly, those who had been in contact with someone who had been positive for COVID-19 were more likely to have antibodies in their blood,” the test said.
It shows that urban populations and other people up to middle age are more protected from the disease. However, the rural population and the elderly are at their best risk of a imaginable wave of the fatal virus.
The virus is more common in young adults and, in particular, less common in young people and the elderly. The study also found that the use of masks and average hand use in July accounted for approximately 60% and 70% of the population, respectively. This highlights the importance and good fortune of awareness-raising campaigns in recent months.
The study suggests that spaces with lower immunity rates may have a greater threat of long-term outbreaks. “As a result, there is a desire to improve the surveillance of sentinel sites and strengthen physical conditioning services for the COVID-19 remedy, i.e. in rural districts.
Microbiologist Prof. Javed Usman said antibody detection in 11% of the population is well below expectations, meaning Pakistan is still far from the concept of collective immunity.
“The concept of collective immunity occurs if antibodies develop in more than 50% of the population. Although another 22 million people have become inflamed with the virus, this does not mean that they have all needed medical treatment, as it is called “sub-clinical infection”. Patients may have minor symptoms or no symptoms. We know that in Pakistan, a lot of other people are asymptomatic. However, a test shows that 89% of the population is not exposed to the virus and may be ignited at the time of the virus wave,” he said.
Usman said the proportion of antibodies also depended on test sensitivity, however, 89% of others were still vulnerable to the fatal virus.
A fitness expert said the Department of Health had shared the initial findings and that several findings would be shared within 3 to 4 weeks.
“There were about 80 variables in the study because the main goal was to locate the percentage of antibodies in the masses. Other objectives were to identify which organization of vulnerable age, to identify the proportion of cases in rural and urban areas and small and giant cities. other people whose occupations were more vulnerable, the type of symptoms they had and whether other people were taking precautionary measures and dressed in masks,” he said.
He said one of the conclusions was that other people, first of all, strictly followed popular operating procedures (POEs), but then stopped doing so.
“He also noted that the media crusade has been a great success and that it is mandatory to launch some other media crusade so that others can begin to follow standard operating procedures again. It is also recommended that such an examination be carried out every two months,” he said.
The expert indicated that the length of the pattern should not be taken into account as the confidence period of the examination was 95% due to so many variables. He said vaccines will be given to the most vulnerable segments of society and to the most vulnerable areas known through the study.